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UAE relaxes mask rules as COVID-19 cases decline

Masks are no longer required while exercising outdoors or at public beaches and swimming pools, Emirati health authorities announced Wednesday.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Sep 22, 2021
A shopkeeper wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic looks out a jewelry shop window displaying intricate pieces for women at the Dubai Gold Souk in the Gulf emirate, on March 10, 2021.
A shopkeeper wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic looks out a jewelry shop window displaying intricate pieces for women at the Dubai Gold Souk in the Gulf emirate, on March 10, 2021. — KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images

The United Arab Emirates has lifted its mask requirement in some public places where social distancing of two meters can be maintained, authorities said Wednesday, 

Masks are no longer required while exercising outdoors or visiting public beaches and swimming pools, UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority and the Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a joint statement carried by news agency WAM.

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